GRASS F\M1LV 



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shorter panicle being more open, with slender ascending branches 

 below ; and the upper emply aluiiie twice as, long as the lower. — 

 Occurs in similar situations more fommonlv, — Fl, June, July. 

 Annual. 



5. F. ovina ( Sheep's I'escue). — A densely tufted, glaucous grass 

 3 — 24 in. high ; stem slender, 



4-angled, rough below the 

 inflorescence ; leaves chiefly 

 radical, subulate, almost 

 cylindric, with 2 - lobed 

 ligules ; panicle rather com- 

 pact, slightly I -sided, \\ — 4 

 in. long, purplish ; spikelets 

 small, 3 — 6-flowered : floiver- 

 ing glumes mucronate or 

 with an awn shorter than 

 themselves, often viviparous, 

 — Dry hilly pastures ; one 

 of the commonest grasses, 

 ^'ery variable. — Fl. June, 

 July, Perennial. 



6. F. riibra (Creeping 

 Fescue). — A creeping plant 

 with runners and scattered 

 tufts; stem many -angled, 

 smooth below the inflores- 

 cence ; leaves bristly, flat or 

 involute ; panicle broadish 

 below, slightly i -sided, red- 

 dish ; spikelels 4 — 10- 

 flowered, shortly awned. — 

 Sand\- places ; common. 

 Very variable. — Fl. June. 

 Perennial. 



7. 7^ ordria, a creeping 

 plant with rush-like, cylin- 

 dric, sharply-pointed leaves 

 and downv ftcwering glumes, closely 

 and occurring on sandy sea-shores, 

 British. 



8.* F. lieierophiila (Various-leaved Fescue). — A densely tufted 

 plant, 2 — 4 feet high; radical leaves numerous, capillary, triangular, 

 rough, sometimes a foot long ; cai:lir,e leaves, ?LdX, narrow, rather re- 

 curved ; ovary downy at the apex ; otherwise resembling F. rubra. 



allied to the preceding, 

 has been recorded as 



